Carton.



J. D. MACDONALD.

CARTON.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I9. 1916.

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Patented Apr. 8,1919.

Patented Apr. 8,1919

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.|. D. MACDONALD.

CARTON APPLICATION FILED APR. I9 1,299,849.

JOHN D. MACDONALD, or BOSTON,

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE FORBES LITHO- Y OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CARTON.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application led April 19, 1916. Serial No. 92,285.

To all who/mj t may concern; c Y

Be it known that I, JOHN D. MACDONALD, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Cartons, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the draw ings representing like parts.

This invention relates to cartons and among other objects provides a collapsible stepped stand therefor to display articles therein.

The character of the invention may be best understood by reference to the following description vof an embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein,-

Figure 1 is a front elevation' of a carton embodying the invention showing its cover in open position;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing the stepped stand in extended position in readiness to support articles to be displayed; and

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the carton showing the stepped stand collapsed against the under face of the cover.

Referring to the drawings, the illustrative carton shown therein as embodying the invention may be died out of a sheet of cardboard 0r other suitable material and be folded to present a body comprising a bottom 1, a rear wall 3, end walls 5, and a short front wall 7. A cover 9 is formed as a continuation of said body and is provided with flaps 11 adapted to overlap the end walls and with a depending portion 13 cooperating with the front wall 7 to complete the closure of the front of the carton and having a flap adapted to interlock therewith.

An important feature of the invention relates to the construction and arrangement of a stand for displaying the articles in the carton. The illustrative stand shown herein comprises an upright 15 of cardboard or other suitable material having an upper end portion 17 secured by a suitable adhesive to the under face of the cover adjacent the hinge of the latter. The upright may be vscored along the line 19 to enable the same to swing along said line as a hinge. A strip of cardboard or other suitable material has an upper end 21 secured to the upright 15 by an adhesive, said strip being folded to present a series of steps including tread portions 23 and risers 25. The risers and tread portions have overlapped extensions 27 and 29 extending to and having reverse bends at the upright 15. The extensions may be secured in overlapped relation by a suitable adhesive. Flaps 33 may be died out of the extensions 29 and be secured to said upright 15 by a suitable adhesive, thereby providing a simple and effective hinge connection for the overlapped extensions with said upright.

The upright is of a suiicient length to extend from the cover to the bottomof the carton, and when in this position its lower edge will rest against said bottom and its upper portion will extend past the hinge o-f the cover and serve as a brace to hold the cover in open position. YWhen the upright is in Jthis position the steps may be opened or extended as shown in Fig. 2 with the lower edge of the front riser resting upon the bottom. The stand is now in position to support the articles to be displayed. When the cover is open the front extension 13 thereof is up away from the front wall 7, thereby further contributing to the display of the articles.

The stepped stand described is adapted to vbe folded into collapsed relation with the cover, thereby rendering the entire body of the carton free and unobstructed to receive the articles when the cover is closed. To

collapse the stand the tread portions and their extensions are swung upward about the lines of their hinged connections with the upright into superposed compact relation with said upright. Then the upright is folded on its hinge 19 up against the under face of the cover. The upright is somewhat shorter than the width of the cover and when thus folded into collapsed relation therewith does not interfere with the closing of the cover.

There are a number of advantages in hinging the stand to and suspending the same from the cover. Among these are the small amount of space occupied by the stand when collapsed against the cover; the. location of the collapsed stand above the articles in the carton where it will spring out and be sure to be seen immediately on opening the cover and where it will remain in the way unless extended down into the carton. Thus the Patented Apr. 8,' 1919.

stand desirably signalizes .the necessity for using the same to display the articles.

The carton and stand described are eX- treniely simple Aand cheap in construction and vextensible into .said body to support articles to be displayed.

2. A carton lcomprising` a body, a cover hinged thereto; .and `astepped display stand hinged to said `cover kadjacent the (hinge of Athe latter, said stand `being collapsible .against said cover and extensible into said body to support articles Ito be displayed and having provision for holding open .said cover.

3. A carton comp-rising a body, a Ycover therefor; .and a stepped display stand hinged tosaid cover, collapsible against said cover and .extensible into said body to display articles, and a front closure for said body hinged to said cover and adapted to open therewith further rto display the articles.

4. A'carton comprising a body, acover therefor; and a collapsible, stepped, display stand therefor comprising an upright, and a strip secured to the latter folded to present .risers and tread extensions having `:reverse Abends extending to said upright and fiaps died out of said extensions and secured to said upright to forni hinges.

5. A carton comprising a body, a cover therefor; and a collapsible, stepped, display stand hinged to said cover comprising yan `two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN D. MACDONALD.

lVitnesses: y

C. VDUNCAN ROGERS, GEORGE A. TARBELL.

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